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Thinking about home

On wanting to know how Matthew Perry died

As you were speaking

Extricating myself from the 'dieting before a holiday' hamster wheel

Dating apps are a hellfire – but the alternatives feel worse

A few of my favourite things I’ve learned by the age of 43

My life has been shaped by not seeing people who look like me in lead roles - thankfully that's changing

As a woman not yet in peri or menopause, I desperately want a broader narrative around it

When your social calendar is a tale of woe

On getting older and living outside of the societal template

The day my dad asked me to help him with lifting weights

Learning to love my worm self

Writer’s Club: Your Questions Answered #1

Life lessons anyone can learn from the current crop of women who date in their 40s and 50s

It's not weakness to say you find a commute and working 9-5 overwhelming and terrible

On Matthew Perry, and those of us whose lives have been touched by addiction

On the changing of the clocks, grief and the garden

Writer’s Club: How I got my literary agent and her advice for aspiring authors

On my younger self wanting bigger breasts and the long slog to growing old naturally

Learnings of an introvert who went out three nights in a row

I used to be terrified, bad and avoidant with money – here’s how I tried to change that

A sweet lil subscription offer and monthly chat dates

The one piece of break-up advice that has always helped me through

Welcome to The Writer's Club

Going make-up free is still considered a radical act for women and I'm sad and tired

How success has changed for me over the last 20 years

Welcome to the 'Monthly Chat' - our cosy little hangout time

Looking up at clouds

Boy math is a symptom of the quiet revolution happening among women who date men

Weddings and friendships: the collateral damage no one talks about

I hated sports at school and now I'm a competitive powerlifter - here's how I train

Friday Thread #2: Fear of getting older

Why am I still getting ghosted in my forties?

I feel dead inside that 90s Supermodels are making a comeback – am I the only one?

Friday Thread: Has your approach to dating and relationships changed in mid-life?

The illusion of being busy

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